in late november, president obama met with small business owners for their input about the fiscal cliff, and the minimum wage was mentioned. "i think the administration is interested in doing something, but it also comes with some baggage, so i'm not sure it'll be taken up." opponents of raising the minimum wage say it would hurt teenagers, an age group facing the highest unemployment rate already. during the recession, many of those jobs were held by adults. in fact, in colorado, two out of three minimum wage workers are older than age 20. meanwhile, a bill in congress would raise the federal minimum wage 85 cents a year for three years until it reached $9.80 an hour. after that, it would be linked to inflation. as end-of-year charitable donations step up this week, the new york attorney general is releasing disturbing details about charity fundraising. for- profit telemarketers hired by charities to raise funds kept an average of 61.5 cents of every dollar donated. 76 of the 602 charity campaigns in the study, lost money to fund- raisers. the attorney general offers these tips for cha